Wavala Kali (born 26 June 1954) is a Papua New Guinean sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres and the men's 400 m at the

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. Kali started running in 1971 at Iarowari High School. He is from Kelekapana, Abau District and Alukuni,

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. He won a gold medal at the

1975 South Pacific Games The 5th South Pacific Games, also known as Guam 1975 (), held in Tamuning and Hagåtña, Guam from 1 to 10 August 1975, was the fifth edition of the South Pacific Games. A total of 1,205 athletes (907 men and 298 women) participated in a rain-aff ...

. He was Papua New Guinea's first ever flag bearer at the Olympic Games.

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1954 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for Papua New Guinea Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Papua New Guinean male sprinters Olympic athletes for Papua New Guinea Place of birth missing (living people) Pacific Games gold medalists for Papua New Guinea Pacific Games medalists in athletics {{PapuaNewGuinea-athletics-bio-stub